New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Boosting its efforts to address athletes’ fitness concerns, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Tuesday introduced the hypoxic chamber at the Injury and Rehabilitation Centre of Northern Regional Centre,…
Baku (Azerbaijan), June 28 (IANS) Rio-bound shooter Sanjeev Rajput settled for the silver medal in men’s 50-metre rifle 3 position event of the ISSF World Cup on Tuesday. The two-time Olympian shot 456.9 to take…
Mumbai, June 28 (IANS) Special Olympics and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on Tuesday announced an international partnership to help create change through sports. Through this new partnership, WWE will support Special Olympics’ ‘Play Unified’ campaign,…
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) Indian sports personalities on Monday expressed their shock and surprise over Argentina talisman Lionel Messi quitting international football after their Copa America loss to Chile. Messis Argentina lost 2-4 on penalties…
Baku (Azebaijan), June 27 (IANS) Promising Skeet shooter Man Singh finished fourth in the qualifying round to be the lone bright spot for India on the penultimate day of the ongoing ISSF World Cup here…
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Star Indian boxer Vikas Krishan Yadav asserted on Monday that he is confident of bagging a medal at the upcoming Rio Olympics. Vikas, who earned qualification at the World Qualyfying…
Mumbai, June 27 (IANS) The world’s first-ever multinational Futsal league, Premier Futsal, announced on Monday the signing of former Spain and Real Madrid defender Michel Salgado in a three-year deal. Salgado, part of Real Madrids…
By Veturi Srivatsa India will go to the Rio Olympic Games with over 100 competitors, crossing the three-figure mark for the first time; the hockey team played a Champions Trophy final after 36 years. Yet,…
Mumbai, June 27 (IANS) In a boost to womens kabaddi, three teams will debut on the same court alongside the men with 13 by 10 square metres in a 30-minute clash in the Pro Kabaddi…
Moscow, June 27 (IANS) Russias Investigative Committee has sent a request to the United States demanding to question former head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov, committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said on Monday. On…
Bengaluru, June 26 (IANS) The Archery Association of India (AAI) on Sunday kept faith on Atanu Das and selected him to represent the nation in the mens recurve event at the Rio Olympics after conducting…
New Delhi: Boxers Vijender Singh and Kerry Hope during a press conference regarding WBO Asia pacific supper middleweight championship in New Delhi, on June 6, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Former European…
Baku, June 26 (IANS) London Olympics bronze medallist Gagan Narang reached his second World Cup final in four days after finishing seventh in the mens 50 metres Rifle Prone event at the final Shooting World…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The Summer Classic junior squash championship started on Saturday with the introduction of an under-23 category for both boys and girls at the Delhi Gymkhana Club (DGC) here. Apart from…
Baku (Azerbaijan) June 25 (IANS) Commonwealth Games gold medallist shooter Jitu Rai, who on Saturday bagged the silver in 10-metre Air Pistol at the ongoing ISSF World Cup, said the medal will surely boost his…
Sydney, June 25 (IANS) Swimming legend and five-time Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe has expressed concern and compassion for those contemplating or have already decided to withdraw from the Rio Olympics due to the Zika…
Madrid, June 25 (IANS) Spanish basketball star Pau Gasol on Saturday confirmed he would form part of the squad for the Rio Olympic Games despite his well publicised worries about the threat posed by the…
Baku (Azerbaijan) June 25 (IANS) Rio-bound Jitu Rai settled for the silver in the 10-metre Air Pistol after edging past three-time Olympic champion Jongoh Jin of Korea at the ISSF shooting World Cup here on…
Moscow, June 25 (IANS) The World Boxing Council (WBC) will be reviewing the alleged doping abuse case of Russian heavyweight boxer Alexander Povetkin next week and the fighter will be in attendance. “We are submitting…
Rio de Janeiro, June 25 (IANS) The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has suspended the license of a drug laboratory slated to test athletes during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in August. In a statement on…